Example sentences of "for [det] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teaching profession has recently made a beginning in this direction , allowing one salary increment for each three years of child rearing . |
| 2 | They 've done this for that three years now and they |
| 3 | The tide was still falling , and should be safe for another three hours or so . |
| 4 | A game of squash or a hard workout was what he really needed , but the gym would n't be open for another three hours , nor did he know anyone he could call at such short notice to partner him … |
| 5 | What can , what can we do for another three hours ? |
| 6 | By the time you 've sussed that out , you 've missed another five minutes , your brain gets confused so you then switch off again for another three minutes and try and clear everything . |
| 7 | There is no explicit mention of a child to be born to him and Sarah , and there will be none for another three chapters ( not until 15.4 ) . |
| 8 | Gandalf and the others do not ‘ catch up ’ with Frodo and Sam till chapter 5 of Book V , but then they continue once again to the 25th March , which the two hobbits do not reach for another three chapters . |
| 9 | Already by the late middle ages the English were beginning to expect more space and more privacy in their houses than was to be normal in Scandinavia for another three centuries . |
| 10 | Artfully and sensibly , the red-throated bee-eater of Nigeria starts its labours at the end of the rainy season when the ground is relatively soft , even though it will not be ready to lay its eggs for another three months . |
| 11 | One of the areas that has to be considered on the question of harm is impairment of intellectual development and on the evidence , if he was absent for another three months with a travelling fair , there is considerable likelihood of his education not taking place with consequent impairment of his intellectual development , if indeed there were no other risks attendant upon such a way of passing his time . |
| 12 | On Sept. 29 a committee of Western banks , meeting in Frankfurt , agreed to roll over , for the fourth time since December 1991 , the bank debt of the former Soviet Union for another three months . |
| 13 | At the end of the supposedly final two-year period , considerable pressure by Helen Stocks and A. S. Firth , then General Secretary of the WEA , led to a further renewal by a somewhat reluctant Cassell Trust for another three years . |
| 14 | There they decided to go their separate ways and were not to join forces again for another three years . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , although the Theatre Collection had become well known and respected by academics and theatre historians , it remained largely unknown outside its immediate circle for another three years until , in 1972 , with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum 's Purchase Grant Fund , the University acquired the Beerbohm Tree Collection , previously on permanent loan to the V & A. |
| 16 | We could have held out for another three years and got over all the changes and benefited financially , but I do n't believe finance is the be-all and end-all of everything . |
| 17 | Eighteen months later , Thomas is making a good recovery , though he can not be diagnosed as being clear of leukaemia for another three years . |
| 18 | Revlon paid Schiffer a reported $6 million for a four-year contract for another three years for $3 million . |
| 19 | He was banned for another three years . |
| 20 | It was laid down in the 1991 Duopoly Review that it should not be allowed to offer entertainment until at least 1997 , when the situation will again be reviewed , and possibly for another three years after that . |
| 21 | As reported ( UX No 410 ) , IBM has extended its OEM agreement with fault-tolerant supplier Stratus Computer Inc for another three years , although the fault-tolerant system builder says it does n't expect to get much more business as a result . |
| 22 | The emergency import restriction on cultural artifacts from El Salvador has been extended for another three years . |
| 23 | One interpretation of the foregoing could be that the red jackets which should have been issued in 1820 were not to be issued for another three years , and the soldiers dressed in white clothing ( and shell jackets ) as much as possible . |
| 24 | McDougall carried on for another three years , when he was succeeded by Leslie Edwards . |
| 25 | Ray is now working towards a BSc Honours degree in applied computing which will keep him busy for another three years . |
| 26 | Last month , the government passed legislation extending market exclusively for most patent drugs for another three years and modifying Canada 's system of ‘ compulsory licensing ’ , which makes it relatively easy for generic drug companies to copy brand-name products ( see Nature 359 , 351 ; 1992 ) . |
| 27 | Because of funding cuts in nuclear research this is currently due to close in 1994 ; with the German fuel it could operate for another three years . |
| 28 | The only exception to the ban will be linseed — which farmers can carry on burning for another three years because its fibrous stalks are difficult to plough in . |
| 29 | Sir John Sparrow has been reappointed as chairman of the Levy Board for another three years . |
| 30 | BRENDA LEE was only 15 when Sweet Nothings charted number four in 1960 , but the little girl from Lithonia , Georgia , sensibly stayed at high school for another three years before taking up show business full-time . |